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Module 13: Content of the IEP

by Theresa Rebhorn and Lisa Küpper
NICHCY | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

December 2007

**Este módulo está disponible en español: El Contenido del IEP

Module 13 looks in detail at the information that must be included in the IEP of every child with a disability receiving special education and related services under IDEA. This is critical knowledge for families and school personnel to have!

The module is available in English and Spanish, as you’ll see below. It includes:

a slideshow presentation in English;

a slideshow presentation in Spanish;

a Trainer’s Guide to the content;

handouts for participants in English and in Spanish; and

supplemental resources for trainers.

Please help yourself below, and download the components you need to learn on your own and/or to train others regarding the contents of the IEP under IDEA 2004.

Looking for just a quick summary?
If you’re merely looking for a quick summary of the IEP, not the lengthy and detailed explanation that Module 13 offers, we are pleased to direct you to just such a summary!

PDF for Spanish Trainers | This file shows trainers how the slideshows in Spanish work. (Be sure to download the trainer’s guide to the content—immediately below—which explains the content of each slide.)

This guide to Module 13 is in English but should also be downloaded if you’re training in Spanish. That’s because here is where you’ll find the full explanation of each slide’s content. It also offers much additional info so that trainers can adapt training sessions to a length or detail suitable to the given audience.

Component #3: Handouts for Participants | Folletos para ParticipantsIn English and in Spanish

The handouts for Module 13 are included in a packet of handouts designed to cover the entire umbrella topic of Theme D, the Individualized Education Program. If you’ve downloaded the handouts for Theme D already (for example, as part of training on Modules 12 or 14, 15, or 16), you have the handouts you need for Module 13. If you haven’t downloaded any handouts for Theme Dyet, here they are in 2 different formats and 2 different languages.

Note about the Spanish Translations:
In preparing the handouts in Spanish, we chose to use a certain vocabulary set for the terminology most frequently used in IDEA. IDEA itself is extremely and purposefully consistent about its terminology, and we felt it critical to do the same in Spanish. However, we fully recognize that there are many ways to say the same thing, and Spanish is rich with alternatives from country to country, region to region. So we’ve also prepared a glossary of the terminology used in IDEA, how we’ve rendered that terminology in Spanish, and other ways of rendering it that families may also hear. Share this with participants as you see fit or use it to guide your own translations. The glossary of terminology is available in two formats, PDF and Word:

If you’re working with any of these modules, you’ll want to download these resources of additional information. Again, choose between downloading a PDF file or an accessible Word file (or both, if you like).

Please remember that these materials are designed to be a thorough and authoritative source of info on the contents of the IEP, as required by IDEA 2004. That’s why they are so detailed. As a trainer, you are free to adapt the info we’ve offered to serve the purposes and needs of your audiences and the amount of time you have to spend with them.

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